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Catherine II grants a monopoly of furs in Alaska to Grigorii Shelikov.

Captain George Vancouver begins his explorations of the Pacific Coast.

A large number of the Black Loyalists in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia migrate to Sierra Leone in West Africa , mainly because the promises of land in Canada were not kept by the British.

American Captain Robert Gray discovers mouth of Columbia River - George Vancouver's Lieutenant William Broughton explores Columbia 100 miles

May 7 - Lower Canada is divided into 21 counties.

October 15 - The law of England is introduced in Upper Canada .

December 20 - A fortnightly mail is established between Canada and the United States.

December - A bill to abolish Slavery , in Lower Canada, does not pass.

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